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Shows & fairs, 1889

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The Paris Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Victorian Commission for the Paris Exhibition met today, when Mr. Cameron was appointed secretary and Mr. Maglas[?]ies wine expert. Mr. Walker, the…

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Australian. Victoria. Closing of the Exhibition

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--None of the Premiers will be present at the closing ceremony of the exhibition…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. the Aluminium Company's Exbihits

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 30

We publish in this issue illustrations of one of the most attractive and interesting exhibits in the Melbourne Exhibition—that of the Aluminium Company limited, 34, St. Mary Axe, London, E.C. The…

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Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Messrs. Hicks and Addenbrooke's Exhibits

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 132

As there is certainly an art in cooking, so there appears to be also in the making of cooking ranges. Our illustration is that of a portable range among the exhibits in the Victorian court of Messrs. Hicks and…

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Melbourne Exhibition Awards. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne, Friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 11

The following additional awards have been published in connection with the Melbourne Exhibition:— Oil and Water-colour Paintings: Mrs. Rowan…

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Melbourne Exhibition

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.—The Executive Commissioners of tho Melbourne Exhibition have decided to have a number of handsome albums prepared, containing…

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East Sydney Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 4

The East Sydney Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition, which was opened in the schoolroom connected with the William-street Wesleyan Church on Wednesday afternoon has been successfully continued, and…

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Melbourne Exhibition Orchestra

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- Mr. James Allison, of the firm of Rignold and Allison, has concluded arrangements with the Exhibition orchestra for a series of five per…

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A Fair Beautiful Skin

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 3

Sulpholine Soap gives the natural tint and peach-like Bloom of a perfect complexion, makes the Skin smooth, supple, healthy, comfortable. 6d Tablets. Everywhere.—30…

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Melbourne Exhibition Awards. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Awards have been made by the jury for the special show of wool clip of 1888 in connection with the Centennial Exhibition as follows:--Wool, in bales, first…

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The Melbourne Exhibition. (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 11

The attendance at the Centennial International Exhibition during the week ending January 5 was 91,689, and the total attendance up to and including that date 1,530,998. The receipts for the week amounted to…

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The Wool Awards at the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

Yesterday the jury appointed to judge the exhibits in the special wool show at the Exhibition sent in their report to the chairman of the jurors. Their report on the fleeces is not yet…

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East Sydney Fine Arts Exhibition

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 7

The exhibition which was opened by Mrs. W. Clarke at the William-street Wesleyan schoolroom, on Wednesday afternoon last is attracting large numbers of visitors daily, and, as was…

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The Show at St. Leonards

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

"WE remain a solid and unbroken party," said Mr. M'MILLAN in the House when making his desperate attempt to gain the premiership by…

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Robbery at the Melbourne Exhibition. Suicide of the Victim. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- J. H. Wood, manager of the British and American Tailoring Company, committed suicide to-day by drowning himself in the Harcourt reservoir. He left a…

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The Dunedin Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--Mr. R. E. N. Twopenny, the executive commissioner for New Zealand aud the South Seas at the exhibition to be held in Dunedin next summer, has arrived…

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Melbourne Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Exhibition commissioners have decided that although the formal closing ceremony will take place on Thursday, the 31st inst., yet the Exhibition will…

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The Melbourne Exhibition Orchestra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 9

In connection with the visit of Mr. Cowon and the members of the Exhibition orchestra to Sydney, the Victorian Government have agreed to lend the whole of the music used by the orchestra…

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The Wool Awards at the Melbourne Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (Froh Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 9

The awards of the jury on fleeces at the special wool show at the Exhibition were made public to-day, and are as follow:— Merino wool, washed, for the best and most valuable…

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Dapto Agricultural Society's Show. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--The annual exhibition of the Dapto Agricultural Society was opened to-day. The weather was fine and the attendance large. The entries in the horse and…

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